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Karla Ortiz
@karlaortiz.bsky.social
She/Her • MX • CA • CO • 🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽
You can check my stuff at - www.karlasortiz.com
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this is legitimately evil
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."

Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.

Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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“Mommy, no. Mommy.”

Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.

The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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A few smart takes on Trump's tariffs and the BS that the left wanted this: @jayatighosh.bsky.social points out that poor, highly indebted countries will be punished most. She also see a potential "silver lining" - a possible rejection of export-led development.

www.democracynow.org/2025/4/7/jay...
“Terrifying”: Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs
Global stocks continue to fall, and fears of a recession are growing, after Donald Trump rejected calls to scale back his order to institute sweeping tariffs on most of the world. The move will be esp...
www.democracynow.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I will NEVER forgive those of you who put him in power and did this to us…

Never.
April 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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At least 20 people lost their lives over the weekend as storms ravaged the country.

Meanwhile, Trump & DOGE have terminated 1,000 employees from NOAA — the agency that provides severe weather forecasting and warnings.

Make no mistake: these cuts put people's lives in danger.
April 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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So this is just because Mercury is in Pisces right?
April 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Tracks
April 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Our trade policies should benefit American workers, not just corporate CEOs.

That includes targeted tariffs to stop corporations from outsourcing American jobs & factories.

We do not need a blanket, arbitrary sales tax that will raise prices on products that Americans need.
April 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Fascism is very expensive.
April 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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BREAKING: Stellantis NV, the maker of RAM Jeeps, will be temporarily laying off more than 900 employees today because of Donald Trump's tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Crashing out like the stock market this morning.
April 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Last night's races in Wisconsin and Florida were just the beginning.

2025 is a HUGE election year — with major contests yet to come in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia.
The Fight Against Trump Isn’t Over
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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and a full video recording of the Pixel Empire 2016 show, no crowd noise, cause I love you what can I say

youtu.be/GX0Pc1zRG9E?...
Madeon - Pixel Empire Live 2016 (Full Show)
YouTube video by Madeon
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is so embarrassing
Zelensky was slammed for not wearing a suit in the White House. 🇺🇦

But this? Silence. Funny how the outrage works. 🫣

#IStandWithUkraine #DoubleStandards
April 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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If you live in Wisconsin or in the 6th congressional district of Florida you’ll have a chance to do something the rest of us only dream about doing...

[It's also an election day in many other parts of the country, too.] https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-you-live-in-wisconsin-or-floridas
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Trans rights are human rights. Always. 📢🏳️‍⚧️

👉🏻 Visibility matters.
👉🏽 Dignity matters.
👉🏿 Humanity matters.

#HumanRights #March31
March 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The kind of person that kills dogs.
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies.

In Denmark:

- Health care and college are free.  

- The starting wage is $22/hr.

- Paid parental leave is 1 year.

- Paid vacation is 6 weeks.  

- All workers get pensions.
March 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.

And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.

The time to organize is now.

OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Read this declaration. A professional soccer player has been imprisoned in El Salvador and forced into hard labor on the basis of soccer-related tattoos and a single, innocent hand gesture.

This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Looks like we are deporting innocent men to the Salvadoran gulag for having tattoos in Spanish that say things like "strong like my mom"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream
President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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This is horrifying! Family members of some of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison by Trump confirm their loved ones weren't members of a gang.

One woman said her brother got a tattoo of a rose in Dallas, and because of that they accused him of being a gang member.
March 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Drakes response to that rap beef was a case study for losers. Everything from being the initial aggressor to a sore loser is violently embarrassing
March 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The fascist-in-chief is celebrating ICE arrests and, as soon as next month, Trump could revoke the legal status of some 240,000 Ukrainian refugees welcomed under Biden’s parole programs.
Trump Escalates Revenge on Zelenskiy With Vicious Plan for Refugees
Donald Trump continues to punish Ukraine.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM